WGT Sprite

File Format
Name	WGT Sprite
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics WGT Sprite
Extension(s)	.spr
Released	1992

WGT Sprite File (.SPR) is a raster graphics format associated with WordUp Graphics Toolkit (WGT). It contains one or more sprite images.

WGT is a library for DOS, intended for video game development. It was developed by Chris Egerter, later Barry and Chris Egerter, later Egerter Software.

Identification

A Sprite File has ASCII " Sprite File " (with leading and trailing spaces) at offset 2.

The byte at offset 1 is always 0x00, as it is the high byte of a version number that probably never exceeds 5.

Related formats

Other WGT formats include:

• WGT Block (.blk)
• WGT Font (.wfn)

Specifications

• Refer to the WGTFILES.TXT file included with later versions of WGT (section named "Sprite Files").

Software

• WGT
  • v1.0: WGT_TC1.ZIP, WGT_TP1.ZIP
  • v2.0: WGT_TC21.ZIP, WGT_SPR2.ZIP
  • v4.0: WGT4.ZIP
  • v5.1 [1996-08-02 revision]: Programmers Heaven 2 → FILES/GRAPHICS/LIBRARY/WGT51_R2.ZIP

Sample files

• WGT4.ZIP → {EXAMPLE.ZIP, SPR.ZIP} → *.SPR
• DentureMan → *.SPR
• The Arsenal Files 3 → SINARIA.ZIP → *.SPR